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Ubuntu, Ubuntu they drink it in the JungleIts my usual getting bored with having the same os for 6 months syndrome. At the moment my pc works rather spiffing. Its just a bog standard lappy w…
... months syndrome.
At the moment my pc works rather ... /> After seeing an interview with the 'owner' of Ubuntu Linux, Im ... they, and what would be the preferred distro. (my spec for ... and general app delevelopment (probably in that order too))
The Fool's Workplace SurveyI thought I'd try and find out more about what my fellow WOS'ers are up to during their work hours, so I've compiled a simple survey. Overwrite my an…
... complain.
What’s the best part about it ?
Using ... respectable as many customers drop in. Never jeans etc - just ... />
Have you ever been in trouble at work ?
Got ... dump, and he told everyone in the building. It was great watching ...Best beginners guideHi folks One of the girls in work is looking towards learning the very basics(1) of programming. She has never written any type of program or even a…
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One of the girls in work is looking towards ... written in Sinclair Basic (in the forums somewhere) and explained in ... the road before she trys a modern (read marketable) language. Best ... suggestions for the next step please?.< ...First steps in Z80 machine codeI never got into machine code much back when I had a speccy, as I didn't have any development tools at the time. The only machine code I'd previousl…
... 'd previously done in the past was 6502 on the Acorn Electron and ... 't done most things the best way!)
The program uses keys ... something that's actually interesting in the long term future, but at ...Games on the "big" screenI don't know if any of you listen to Chris Evans on Radio 2, but I usually do and a part of his program around 5.45 is the business news where some t…
... He was waffling on about the fact that all cinema screens ... charge you for going. The Silverstone Grand Prix is being ... this weekend in many of their cinemas across the country in the native cinema ... 2 - Front row seat playing the best racing game ever.
Pro ...Anybody in the printing trade?I'm after the name of the object created on plastic film containing an extremely contrasty image, used to photo etch the printing rollers. It's like…
I'm after the name of the object created on ... image, used to photo etch the printing rollers.
the plate to give the final image.
What is the name given to this sheet ... in differing grades. It's important as I need the ...Best tennis gameI love playing [I]Match Point[/I]. 8-) In spite of being from 1984, having very simple graphics and poor sounds, it has a high playability; one of…
... Point[/I]. 8-)
In spite of being from 1984 ... favourite games. I think is the best tennis game made for Spectrum ...Breakdown (especially ATTN Starglider)Has any one played the XBox (maybe PC/PS2 etc?) game Breakdown? It's a first person shooter that I'd forgotten all about, and so didn't mention when …
... you can also see your hands and feet perform various actions ... is very irritating, especially in the earlier part of the game, where you ... have taken the best parts and fixed the rest), presumably as the game seems ...INES Printerface driversHello all. I have in my possesion a Centronics Printer interface called "INES Printerface". I got it from a friend of a friend together with a nice …
... looking ZX Spectrum in an INES Keyboard. Unfortunetly the thing needs ... is a short description of the interface in an article about ZX ... on WOS can get their hands on the drivers for this then ... a plain 48k in the new keyboard.
Best regards,
...Has the airport scanner killed my laptop??I am now in the USA and am writing this from my Best Western Hotel room. I am basically in the sh1t a little bit. Rather than fork out for a new la…
... now in the USA and am writing this from my Best Western Hotel ... room.
I am basically in the sh1t ... move a window that shows the problem the problem moves too.
the boot up PSOT screen not just in W32 mode ...Expensive cock-ups in workWhat's the biggest fuck-up you've ever seen in work? Our new manager has just order 500,000 pieces of stationery, each of which contain 3 factual er…
... s the biggest fuck-up you've ever seen in work ... 3 factual errors. Now the entire print run has ... be disposed of, leaving the company with a loss ... />
This after the manager started only a few ... that the company wasn't the best, but it COULD BE the best.
Cheggers - the video game!Wow... this is my Xmas sorted then! Did Cheggers ever appear in any Spectrum games? [url]http://www.oxygenintpress.com/release.asp?i=127[/url] [QU…
... ?s one of Britain?s best loved TV personalities?and he ... to fame back in the mid 1970s, when at the tender age of ... - and a myriad guest appearances in the nation?s most popular television ... maintained his position in the very hearts of the UK?s TV viewing ...Sam Revival issue 19 out now! [Sam CoupIssue 19 of Sam Revival is now out! Let's start off with what's on the coverdisk: Conquest. Written by Peter King in 1997 this originally had a lim…
... a graphical overhaul. It's best to describe Conquest as a ... on with building the prototype. Everything is covered in the magazine up to ... final units in the hands of some programmers by the end of the month. The news ...The hunt for a game in Welsh!Just out of pure curiosity, were any Speccy games or apps ever made in Welsh? I was earlier performing an "Advanced Search" of the archive, and noti…
... games or apps ever made in Welsh?
... an "Advanced Search" of the archive, and noticed you can ... search on many of the common languages of speccy ... was a speccy title written in Welsh?
... , but am interseted purely in the novelty factor!Reading digitized data from the DivIDE......MB02 or any other IDE interface with cf, cd, sd or an hd connected to it. What would be the best route? I don't know if there's a size limit for …
... to it. What would be the best route?
I don ... of being limited by ram, the player would load data from ... the inserted media and create a small buffer in memory ... to allow a smooth playback (I think this is the ...Portal - The must-play game for FPS fansI purchased via Steam the Orange Box for half Life Episode 2 last week, and finally got around to playing Portal over the weekend.. ...possibly the …
... the weekend..
...possibly the most original game I've played in ... penny it cost. The end credits is possibly the best from a game ... a PC up to the task of playing the game. First person ... bought two copies of the same game in packages, so no worries ...Best. Gaming. News. Ever. (Unless you're Starglider!)For first person shooter fans, the following, found at [URL]http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/680026/Rare_Making_New_Perfect_Dark.html[/URL] is …
... /> "[I]The best could-be-true news we've heard in 16 years ... is Rare's third installment in the series is a sequel to ... , as they used to be in the N64 days,
c ... dissapointing in comparison to the original, which seems to be the trend in these ...Recent Returnee to the spectrum fold needs hardware adviceHi all. Thanks for taking the time to read this. This is my first post to this forum after I stumbled on this site just a few weeks ago, i only reg…
... a PC. I also want the best of both worlds, ability to ... work in Windows) to the floppy drive in my PC in a format the spectrum ... I've got the program on the floppy in the B drive I presume ... it onto the normal chunkier a drive in the +3. Because the +3 won ...The worst games in the archive.What are the worst game in WOS's archive. I came accross two real baddens yesterday: Stupid Sports it so bad its actually fun: [url]http://www.wor…
What are the worst game in WOS's archive.
... has to be one of the most mind numbingly booring and ... =0000816[/url]
Even the instructions are more intersting than ...Passing the torch - Spectrum games in the modern school classroomI teach maths in a middle school (years five-eight), and at the end of lessons we often try to assess learning by playing a maths based game on the i…
... maths in a middle school (years five-eight), and at the end ... based game on the interactive white board for the last five minutes ... of education games available for the humble Speccy, so I had ... 't comment once on the graphics, just enjoyed the game of matching ...Gamer Points In Spectrum GamesJust thinking out a loud on this one but............... Wouldn?t it be great if one of the established emulators supported some kind of Gamer Points…
... scored etc.
The emulator could then connect to ... create a massive uplift in people replaying the classic games again, if ... only to prove oneself as the best speccy gamer.
... Obviously doing the entire database would be out ...Best loading on a gameFor me, it has to be Technician Ted, with all those TT's walking across the screen. 2nd comes Skooldaze, only because I spent many MANY of my evenin…
... those TT's walking across the screen.
2nd comes ... one that had numerous colours in the border but I've no ... /> Which do you think was the best loading on a game?The Star Wars Holiday Special - IN FIVE MINUTES!I dare you to watch the whole five minutes and not get that "Tickly Feeling Of Embrassment Up The Spine" tingle. [url]http://video.google.co.uk/vide…
I dare you to watch the whole five minutes and not ... "Tickly Feeling Of Embrassment Up The Spine" tingle.
[url ... really hit home for me in the last thirty seconds when Carrie ...Games of ST07 - best choice ever?IMO, ST03 had the best line-up, but this is close to it... Platforms - Dynamite Dan Shoot'em ups - Penetrator Complex - All or Nothing Logic - Defl…
IMO, ST03 had the best line-up, but this is ... -better-then-you-expected' games (in case you didn't play ... attempt to put more 'realism' in Speccy's racing games :-)
To (enjoy in) watch(ing) playback files (RZX) of best scores from ...Best and worst arcade conversionsSaid in a last thread: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18335"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18…
Said in a last thread:
[ ... you think is the [I]best[/I] conversion? and the [I]worst[/I ... /10) and the spectrum conversion :-x
The [I]best[/I], possibly ... Green Beret; it has the best graphics and scrolling a Spectrum ...More Weird People in the News...[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7131532.stm[/url] Now what the heck was this guy actually doing to get himself in this po…
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7131532.stm[/url]
Now what the heck was this guy actually doing to get himself in this position?Games that feature a toilet in them somewhere.In response to deadpan666's unconscious stroke of brilliance, hows about a comprehensive list? Which game has the best commode (not 64) or even bide…
In response to deadpan666's unconscious stroke of brilliance, hows about a comprehensive list?
Which game has the best commode (not 64) or even bidet?What kind of player should I be looking for?My mom gave me a tape that my dad recorded while he was away in Africa serving the army in the Portuguese colonial wars. She doesn't remember what wa…
... while he was away in Africa serving the army in the Portuguese colonial wars ... . She doesn't remember what was on the ... have in my hands, and what would be the best route to get the audio ... for me, or maybe buy the player, if it's not ...Best Bond...I was going to put up a poll for the best Bond (Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan or Daniel Craig), but then …
... also add the best Bond girl, best Bond film, best Bond title ... to which female in the film(s) was the best story/character/acting ... blokes) would do the same for the Best Bond question, so ... . I liked the one in Goldfinger, and the one in The Living Daylights. ...
